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Re:Kotlin for JavaScript by 411111111111111 on Sunday March 27, 2022 @04:14AM (#30818629)
C# was created in response to Java to keep developers in the Microsoft ecosystem.

Its effectivly the same thing, even though Microsofts goal wasn't selling visual studio, because they've got a much more lucrative cash cow: an operating system

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Re:Kotlin for JavaScript by pjmlp on Sunday March 27, 2022 @04:40AM (#30818723)
Wrong.

.NET was going to use Java, when it was still codenamed as Ext-VOS.

It was the lawsuit against J++ that made C# a reality.

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Re:Kotlin for JavaScript by 411111111111111 on Monday March 28, 2022 @01:04AM (#30827311)
You didn't contradict my statement with that...

The motivation behind c# was keeping people in the Microsoft ecosystem. Wherever they attempted to use a rebranded jvm before that is entirely besides the point

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Re:Kotlin for JavaScript by batty_alex on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:04PM (#30821319)
Exactly. They ignored the Microsoft JVM, J++, J#, and the lawsuit around it that forced them to make C# and compete - rather than extinguish
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